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Indiana (Indiana, United States) (search for this): entry gibson-john
Gibson, John 1740-1822 Military officer; born in Lancaster, Pa., May 23, 1740. While still a boy he was with the expedition which captured Fort Duquesne in 1757. He married the Indian chief Logan's sister; took part in the negotiations between Logan and Lord Dunmore in 1774; was in active service throughout the Revolutionary War. In 1801 Jefferson appointed him secretary of the Indiana Territory, which office he held until Indiana became a State. He died at Braddock's Field, Pa., April 10, 1822.
Indiana (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry gibson-john
Gibson, John 1740-1822 Military officer; born in Lancaster, Pa., May 23, 1740. While still a boy he was with the expedition which captured Fort Duquesne in 1757. He married the Indian chief Logan's sister; took part in the negotiations between Logan and Lord Dunmore in 1774; was in active service throughout the Revolutionary War. In 1801 Jefferson appointed him secretary of the Indiana Territory, which office he held until Indiana became a State. He died at Braddock's Field, Pa., April 10, 1822.
Lancaster (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry gibson-john
Gibson, John 1740-1822 Military officer; born in Lancaster, Pa., May 23, 1740. While still a boy he was with the expedition which captured Fort Duquesne in 1757. He married the Indian chief Logan's sister; took part in the negotiations between Logan and Lord Dunmore in 1774; was in active service throughout the Revolutionary War. In 1801 Jefferson appointed him secretary of the Indiana Territory, which office he held until Indiana became a State. He died at Braddock's Field, Pa., April 10, 1822.
Thomas Jefferson (search for this): entry gibson-john
Gibson, John 1740-1822 Military officer; born in Lancaster, Pa., May 23, 1740. While still a boy he was with the expedition which captured Fort Duquesne in 1757. He married the Indian chief Logan's sister; took part in the negotiations between Logan and Lord Dunmore in 1774; was in active service throughout the Revolutionary War. In 1801 Jefferson appointed him secretary of the Indiana Territory, which office he held until Indiana became a State. He died at Braddock's Field, Pa., April 10, 1822.
John A. Logan (search for this): entry gibson-john
Gibson, John 1740-1822 Military officer; born in Lancaster, Pa., May 23, 1740. While still a boy he was with the expedition which captured Fort Duquesne in 1757. He married the Indian chief Logan's sister; took part in the negotiations between Logan and Lord Dunmore in 1774; was in active service throughout the Revolutionary War. In 1801 Jefferson appointed him secretary of the Indiana Territory, which office he held until Indiana became a State. He died at Braddock's Field, Pa., April John 1740-1822 Military officer; born in Lancaster, Pa., May 23, 1740. While still a boy he was with the expedition which captured Fort Duquesne in 1757. He married the Indian chief Logan's sister; took part in the negotiations between Logan and Lord Dunmore in 1774; was in active service throughout the Revolutionary War. In 1801 Jefferson appointed him secretary of the Indiana Territory, which office he held until Indiana became a State. He died at Braddock's Field, Pa., April 10, 1822.
John Gibson (search for this): entry gibson-john
Gibson, John 1740-1822 Military officer; born in Lancaster, Pa., May 23, 1740. While still a boy he was with the expedition which captured Fort Duquesne in 1757. He married the Indian chief Logan's sister; took part in the negotiations between Logan and Lord Dunmore in 1774; was in active service throughout the Revolutionary War. In 1801 Jefferson appointed him secretary of the Indiana Territory, which office he held until Indiana became a State. He died at Braddock's Field, Pa., April 10, 1822.
April 10th, 1822 AD (search for this): entry gibson-john
Gibson, John 1740-1822 Military officer; born in Lancaster, Pa., May 23, 1740. While still a boy he was with the expedition which captured Fort Duquesne in 1757. He married the Indian chief Logan's sister; took part in the negotiations between Logan and Lord Dunmore in 1774; was in active service throughout the Revolutionary War. In 1801 Jefferson appointed him secretary of the Indiana Territory, which office he held until Indiana became a State. He died at Braddock's Field, Pa., April 10, 1822.
1757 AD (search for this): entry gibson-john
Gibson, John 1740-1822 Military officer; born in Lancaster, Pa., May 23, 1740. While still a boy he was with the expedition which captured Fort Duquesne in 1757. He married the Indian chief Logan's sister; took part in the negotiations between Logan and Lord Dunmore in 1774; was in active service throughout the Revolutionary War. In 1801 Jefferson appointed him secretary of the Indiana Territory, which office he held until Indiana became a State. He died at Braddock's Field, Pa., April 10, 1822.
May 23rd, 1740 AD (search for this): entry gibson-john
Gibson, John 1740-1822 Military officer; born in Lancaster, Pa., May 23, 1740. While still a boy he was with the expedition which captured Fort Duquesne in 1757. He married the Indian chief Logan's sister; took part in the negotiations between Logan and Lord Dunmore in 1774; was in active service throughout the Revolutionary War. In 1801 Jefferson appointed him secretary of the Indiana Territory, which office he held until Indiana became a State. He died at Braddock's Field, Pa., April 10, 1822.
1740 AD (search for this): entry gibson-john
Gibson, John 1740-1822 Military officer; born in Lancaster, Pa., May 23, 1740. While still a boy he was with the expedition which captured Fort Duquesne in 1757. He married the Indian chief Logan's sister; took part in the negotiations between Logan and Lord Dunmore in 1774; was in active service throughout the Revolutionary War. In 1801 Jefferson appointed him secretary of the Indiana Territory, which office he held until Indiana became a State. He died at Braddock's Field, Pa., April 10, 1822.
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